Articles on every aspect of the First World War written by experts in their field. Some are were first published in Stand To! or Bulletin, others have been researched and written for the web. If you would like to contribute an article please get in touch.
'The Grave by the Roadside' : Remembering 2/Lt. H G Thorpe who died 24 Marc…
One of the illustrated WFA talks ('Six Months with the King’s (Liverpool) 1917-1918’) I’ve given ove…
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Through a Glass Darkly: The Appointment of T/Lieutenant-Colonel C.J. Hobkir…
In July 1916 the GOC II Anzac Corps, Lieutenant-General Sir A.J. Godley, ‘loaned’ his 5th Australian…
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A bloody war or a sickly season: The East Yorkshire Regiment’s Regular Offi…
Recently, in a fit of tidy-mindedness, I went through my digital files to see if there was anything …
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The No. 2 Construction Battalion, CEF
On 5 July 1916, the No. 2 Construction Company of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was formed. It wa…
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Sussex Women at War: Iva Mary Harland and Fanny Amelia Kennaird
The Great War is seen as an event that marked and occasioned deep and lasting social change. Histori…
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Addison Barnes Perrott Hadden MC - South Irish Horse in the First World War…
For many years, I have had in my sewing basket the buttons from the uniform of the South Irish Horse…
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Five into four does go
For his book, The Kaiser’s Battle, Martin Middlebrook did some analysis of the British Expeditionary…
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Tolkien’s “bitter winnowing” and the War Memorial at St. Augustine’s Church…
The war memorial at St. Augustine’s of Hippo - parish church of Edgbaston, Birmingham – is intriguin…
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FILM REVIEW : All Quiet on the Western Front
This article by Prof. Stephen Badsey first appeared in the December issue of Bulletin 123. This …
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Forever Friends: Laurie Denison and Clifford Thompson
The concept of the ‘Pals’ battalions is familiar to people who are familiar with Britain’s part in t…
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McCudden meets the Red Baron
Whilst Manfred von Richtofen (the ‘Red Baron’) is the most famous flying ‘ace’ of the First World Wa…
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Every man for himself: The Loss of HMS Formidable 1 January 1915
Launched in November 1898 and commissioned on 10 October 1901, HMS Formidable was the third ship so …
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